Unsuspecting woman went to her Doctor with suspected kidney - then gave birth in surgery

Clare Evans, from Newport, South Wales, went to see her family doctor after complaining of abdominal pains - but was shocked to discover the cause.

 

A woman who went to the doctors after suffering abdominal pains left with a bouncing baby girl - despite not knowing she was pregnant.

Unsuspecting Clare Evans, from Newport, South Wales, had no idea she was expecting until her waters broke while in the toilets at her GPs.

But after a lightning-fast labour, the 24-year-old gave birth to Erin Louise Roberts, weighing in at 6lbs 12oz at 1.24pm, in the treatment room on October 6.

Earlier that morning, Clare had contacted the out-of-hours service at Risca Surgery.             

"They told me on the phone that they suspected I had a kidney infection, so advised me to come in later on that day," she said.

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Shock birth: Baby Erin with mum Clare Evans

"When I got to the surgery I was in quite a lot of pain and because they thought it was an infection, asked me to give a urine sample. But when I went to the toilet my waters broke."

Clare was rushed into the treatment room at the surgery and after being examined by a doctor she was told staff could see a head and that she was nine centimetres dilated.

She said: "I was so shocked; I told them that I didn't know I was pregnant. My life changed then and there in a matter of seconds.             

"I had no signs of pregnancy, I didn't have any morning sickness and I didn't have a bump.           

"The first sign was the pain I experienced that morning."             

Newborn: Erin Roberts was born at a GPs surgery

Although an ambulance was called, Clare's contractions were so close together baby Erin had to be delivered at the surgery there and then by Dr Susan Emerson, her partners and the on-call midwife.             

And Clare, who was full term, managed the half-an-hour birth with no pain relief.

Mother and baby were then taken to Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital to be checked over, but they were both healthy and discharged.

Two-week-old Erin is the first and only baby to be born at Risca Surgery.

Nurse manager Sarah Bell said: "I can confirm that the baby was born here, it was our very first baby to be delivered on site in over 30 years!"

Surprise: Staff at Risca Surgery, in Newport, sprang into action to deal with the unexpected labour

First-time mum Clare said she was overwhelmed by the surgery staff, as well as the midwife and paramedics, who helped during the labour.             

She added: "My friends and family have been great. My sister, who was also extremely shocked has been brilliant and has given me loads of items, including a pram which she used for her daughter."             

"The whole community has been great; everyone has been so helpful and come together, as before I had Erin, I didn't even have one nappy!             

"I love motherhood, even though it was completely unexpected I wouldn't change it for the world."